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Thursday, April 17, 2008
When is She Going to Quit Talking About Owls?
Oh, in about a month. When the young'uns fly away.
But I won't just write about owls for the next month, I promise.
This owlcam that I mentioned before... If you haven't checked it out, just for the sake of a smile, you might want to now. Mom is leaving the nest more often and the babies sit there looking as cute as possible.
I was worried yesterday when mom was gone for most of the day. It was a cold, snowy day and the little guys just huddled up together. For hours, I suffered through anthropomorphic thoughts:
"Oh, where is mom? It's so cold. We're all alone. This is a cold, cruel, lonely world."
Watching those two little balls of fluff all nestled up against each other, I figured they had to be bonding through adversity.
My day was way harder and more worrisome than theirs, I'm sure. They were just doing what owls do and I was creating human suffering in a place where it wasn't.
But they made it through the wintry (still is - and it's getting old) day and the cold, dark night, so now I know that owls know exactly what they're doing and don't need my worry or advice.
Whew!
But I won't just write about owls for the next month, I promise.
This owlcam that I mentioned before... If you haven't checked it out, just for the sake of a smile, you might want to now. Mom is leaving the nest more often and the babies sit there looking as cute as possible.
I was worried yesterday when mom was gone for most of the day. It was a cold, snowy day and the little guys just huddled up together. For hours, I suffered through anthropomorphic thoughts:
"Oh, where is mom? It's so cold. We're all alone. This is a cold, cruel, lonely world."
Watching those two little balls of fluff all nestled up against each other, I figured they had to be bonding through adversity.
My day was way harder and more worrisome than theirs, I'm sure. They were just doing what owls do and I was creating human suffering in a place where it wasn't.
But they made it through the wintry (still is - and it's getting old) day and the cold, dark night, so now I know that owls know exactly what they're doing and don't need my worry or advice.
Whew!
Labels: owls
posted by Carol at 8:08 AM
4 Comments:
Harold and Maude seem like two happy owls!
Momma owl was gone during the day? I thought that owls hunted at night and napped in the day. I wonder where she went.
When the mom that I've been watching leaves the nest, it is usually just to sit in a nearby tree. I think that she is 1) getting a break from the kids, or 2) helping the kids to start gaining some independence. Or both.
The owlcam is neat. :)
Isn't it?
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